Alex White (Dublin South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The expert group is very clear about the case for having a different approach in the case of a physical threat to the life of the mother from that in the case of a threat of suicide, and the report mentions the lack of objective clinical markers in that respect. It is very clear in the narrative of the report and in one of the options it outlines.

It makes the case for a different approach in the context of a threat to a woman's life arising from suicide. It is interesting that amendment No. 72 does not reduce the number of doctors required to make the assessment under section 9 from three to two. It simply states that the doctors should include a GP or some other doctor with a relevant speciality rather than an obstetrician. The amendment does not do what the Deputies claim for it.

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